Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blad

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bladą.

Noun

*blad n^[1]

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*blad
Genitive	*bladas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*blad	*bladu
Accusative	*blad	*bladu
Genitive	*bladas	*bladō
Dative	*bladē	*bladum
Instrumental	*bladu	*bladum

Derived terms

*bladōn

Descendants

Old English: blæd
- Middle English: blad, blade
  - Scots: blad, blaud, blaid
  - English: blade
Old Frisian: bled
- North Frisian:
  Föhr: bleed
  Hallig: blää
- Saterland Frisian: Blääd
- West Frisian: bled
Old Saxon: blad
- Middle Low German: blat
  - Low German: Blatt
  - Plautdietsch: Blaut
Old Dutch: *blat
- Middle Dutch: blat
  - Dutch: blad
    - Afrikaans: blad (“page”), blaar (“leaf”)
  - Limburgish: blaad
Old High German: blat
- Middle High German: blat
  - Alemannic German: Blatt
  - Central Franconian: Blatt
    - Hunsrik: Blaat
    - Luxembourgish: Blat
  - East Central German:
    - Vilamovian: błot
  - German: Blatt
  - Rhine Franconian: Blaat, Blatt
    - Pennsylvania German: Blatt
  - Yiddish: בלאַט (blat)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 194: “PWGmc *blad”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 194: “PWGmc *blad”

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